Nor is even His death passed over in silence: on
the contrary, it is referred to in the divine Scriptures, even
exceeding clearly. For to the end that none should err for want of
instruction in the actual events, they feared not to mention even the
cause of His death,—that He suffers it not for His own sake, but
for the immortality and salvation of all, and the counsels of the Jews
against Him and the indignities offered Him at their hands. 2. They say
then: “A man287287Isa. liii. 3,
sqq. in stripes, and
knowing how to bear weakness, for his face is turned away: he was
dishonoured and held in no account. He beareth our sins, and is in pain
on our account; and we reckoned him to be in labour, and in stripes,
and in ill-usage; but he was wounded for our sins, and made weak for
our wickedness. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his
stripes we were healed.” O marvel at the loving-kindness of the
Word, that for our sakes He is dishonoured, that we may be brought to
honour. “For all we,” it says, “like sheep were gone
astray; man had erred in his way; and the Lord delivered him for our
sins; and he openeth not his mouth, because he hath been evilly
entreated. As a sheep was he brought to the slaughter, and as a lamb
dumb before his shearer, so openeth he not his mouth: in his abasement
his judgment was taken away288288 Or,
“exalted.”.” 3. Then lest
any should from His suffering conceive Him to be a common man, Holy
Writ anticipates the surmises of man, and declares the power (which
worked) for Him289289τὴν ὑπὲρ
αὐτου
δύναμιν.
The Ben. version simplifies this difficult expression by ignoring
the ὑπερ. Mr. E. N.
Bennett has suggested to me that the true reading may be ὑπερά& 203·λον
for ὑπὲρ
αὐτοῦ (ἄϋλος
supra 8. 1, ὑπεραὺλως in Philo). I would add the suggestion that αὐτοῦ stood after ὑπεράυλον, and that the similarity of the five letters in ms. caused the second word to be dropped out.
‘His exceeding immaterial power’ would be the
resulting sense. (See Class. Review, 1890, No. iv. p. 182.), and the difference
of His nature compared with ourselves, saying: “But who shall
declare his generation? For his life is taken away290290 Or,
“exalted.”
from the earth. From the wickedness of the people was he brought to
death. And I will give the wicked instead of his burial, and the rich
instead of his death; for he did no wickedness, neither was guile found
in his mouth. And the Lord will cleanse him from his
stripes.”

289τὴν ὑπὲρ
αὐτου
δύναμιν.
The Ben. version simplifies this difficult expression by ignoring
the ὑπερ. Mr. E. N.
Bennett has suggested to me that the true reading may be ὑπερά& 203·λον
for ὑπὲρ
αὐτοῦ (ἄϋλος
supra 8. 1, ὑπεραὺλως in Philo). I would add the suggestion that αὐτοῦ stood after ὑπεράυλον, and that the similarity of the five letters in ms. caused the second word to be dropped out.
‘His exceeding immaterial power’ would be the
resulting sense. (See Class. Review, 1890, No. iv. p. 182.)